Property market
The five-year median is £272,000 from 3,129 recorded sales in CO2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.
CO2
UK postcode district
Part of Colchester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,167
- Current units
- 944
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 223
Postcode sectors in CO2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,942 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 23a, Maypole Green Road, Colchester, CO2 9NX | 28 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| 26, Churchill Way, Colchester, CO2 8SS | 27 July 2026 | £350,000 |
| 69, Kensington Road, Colchester, CO2 7FF | 22 July 2026 | £225,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,654
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,687
- Vehicle crime 288
- Anti social behaviour 283
- Public order 250
- Criminal damage and arson 244
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CO2 usual residents
- 40,911
- Age-profile population
- 41,948
Age bands in CO2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 20%
- 8,403 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.5%
- 6,496 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.5%
- 12,814 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- 9,142 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 12.1%
- 5,093 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 929 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 892 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 688 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW
ODS code F81095
CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH
ODS code F81115
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,654 published events cover 12 months, averaging 305 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,687 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.